Package: debian-installer-manual Hello,
While I went through my backlog of the debian-boot mailinglist I found this message below. It didn't had any follow up according my threaded E-mail reader, so I'm worried that this information is "lost in the archive". Please include it in the manual. Cheers Geert Stappers ----- Forwarded message from Wouter Verhelst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- From: Wouter Verhelst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, debian-boot@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: howto netboot powerpc Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2005 16:26:44 +0100 Organization: The Debian Project, http://www.debian.org/ User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040907i On Fri, Jan 14, 2005 at 01:58:05PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: > Sven Luther wrote: > > On which kind of powerpc ? It is different on each one, but i will try to > > contribute some stuff for the pegasos case which is of interest to you i > > think. > > I'm specifically trying to get pegasos to work, but generally interested > in making sure that most or all powerpc users have the info in the > manual or a pointer to a place that it is documented. I just broke my NewWorld mac laptop and had to netboot it to get it to work again. So it's still fresh in my memory ;-) What you need is indeed yaboot in a tftp area. I ran dpkg -x yaboot_1.3.13-3_powerpc.deb . and copied usr/lib/yaboot/yaboot to /tftpboot, together with the vmlinux and the initrd.gz that I copied from an archive mirror. Then, I created a /tftpboot/yaboot.conf that looks like this (information extracted from the list archives, but slightly modified to make it work in my case): timeout=100 device=enet: partition=0 init-message="Debian GNU/Linux Network boot for Debian-Installer (Sarge)" default=vmlinux label=vmlinux image=vmlinux initrd=initrd.gz append="devfs=mount,dall init=/linuxrc --" initrd-size=10240 Now, you need to set up a DHCP server. Nothing special there; making sure next-server is set as usual and that filename contains "yaboot" should do it. If it doesn't, it's still possible to boot in a more explicit way (see below) Next, boot the Mac and make sure you get an OpenFirmware prompt (hold Command+Option+O+F during boot). At the OpenFirmware prompt, enter boot enet: or, if that doesn't work, the more explicit way: boot enet:<server's IP>,yaboot e.g., boot enet:192.168.0.1,yaboot Now, all one needs to do is sit back and relax while the system boots :-) -- EARTH smog | bricks AIR -- mud -- FIRE soda water | tequila WATER -- with thanks to fortune ----- End forwarded message ----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
